PHLT 304 Exam 2 Questions & Answers Correct 100%

Deficiencies in Vitamin C - Answer What caused scurvy or Rickets? Water soluble can be excreted from the body safely(vitamin B) Lipid soluble can accumulate to detrimental levels (A,D,E,K)-can cause an overdose - Answer Why is it important to know about lipid and water soluble vitamins? Dietary Supplement - Answer What is an essential nutrient/vitamin/mineral? Eat large variety of foods - Answer What is the best way to get vitamins? Need very little from food, too much can be harmful iron, copper, manganesse, Iodine, - Answer What is a trace mineral? So you don't get sick from the food - Answer Why do we have food inspections? It kills all of the harmful bacteria inside of dairy products - Answer Why is pasteurization of dairy products important? To get all of the nutrients you need, you need to eat a large variety of foods To avoid naturally occurring toxicants, you need to eat small amounts of highly varied food items - Answer Why is diversity of diet important (2 reasons)? Lipids - Answer Which macronutrient gives you the most energy per gram? 'tasty' today are actually 'healthier' in the sense that they contain much more concentrated amounts of carbohydrates, fats, proteins- which were rare to find initially- and could sustain a person much longer. - Answer Why do high fat and high sugar foods taste good from an evolutionary perspective? What was added to keep flavor What was the replacement - Answer What should you consider when looking at fat-free or sugar-free foods? It can keep you healthy, reduce cancer - Answer How does diet impact health? Direct Dosage by pill or shot - Answer What is a supplement? Food additives- fluoride, iodine - Answer What is fortification? To get support (education alone will not fix nutrition issues) - Answer What should you consider with nutritional education? Policy, social changes, breeding and GM, farming practices - Answer What kind of structural interventions could be made? Carbohydrates The food pyramid - Answer What are some of the sources of confusion about what we should eat? The state of being without reliable source of sufficient quantity of affordable nutritious food - Answer What is food insecurity?